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Monthly Archives: August 2015

By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. Genetic or Mendelian mutation in a gene is often the cause of disease, but the symptoms of that disorder may stem from the burden of rare genetic variation – minute changes in the genetic material that make up a gene and occur in only a few people. The report from … Continue reading →

By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. The persistent earache can begin in infancy and even persist into adulthood, resulting in many sleepless nights and a lot of pain. An international consortium led by those at Baylor College of Medicine may have taken the first step on the road to understanding why only some people get frequent painful … Continue reading →

By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. More than 20 years ago, Dr. Huda Y. Zoghbi of Baylor College of Medicine and Dr. Harry Orr of the University of Minnesota were closing in on the gene for a particularly deadly neurodegenerative disease called spinocerebellar ataxia 1. The excitement in their laboratories was palpable as they literally “walked” the genome … Continue reading →

By Dipali Pathak The estrogen receptor can be critical in preventing weight gain in female mammals and there also is strong evidence that the same receptor is important for body weight control in males. However, very little is known about where this receptor acts in the male brain. In a report published today in the Journal … Continue reading →

By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. Usually, scientists consider the gene N-Ras a cancer causer only when it is mutated, but researchers led by those at Baylor College of Medicine say that when N-Ras is found in a particularly aggressive form of the disease called basal-like breast cancer, it is too much of the “normal” (wild-type) protein … Continue reading →

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